Obx Surf Fishing

[flyfisher]

Anyone head to the outer banks this time of year and do some surf fishing?  I am trying to get a few buddies together to head down there this month or early december but have only fished there in the summer and that was with limited success.  Anyone have any ideas or websites to check out?  my searches have led to more vacation sites with their "fishing reports" than anything.

Thanks 

[tomustang]

You'll mostly find guide reports.

I only went late spring and it was tough, actually abandoned surf fishing and tried inshore gear around inlets and bridges. Did real well on blood worms and caught speck/striper.

[Slade House]

I surf fish every day here in california cause i live 5 minutes from the ocean, but im from back east.  Nothing in the world works better for shore fishing than 2 inch GULP Sandworms in Camoflague or Blood Red colors carolina rigged with a size 4 Red Matzuo Baitholder hook.  

it has to be that exact red hook in that exact brand.  Gulp sandworms work better than bait or real sandworms /bloodworms.   See that attached picture on how to rig the sandworm (in the pic its the wrong color and wrong hook , but everything else is correct).   

 

I have caught multiple Halibut, Barred Surf Perch, Silver Perch, Sand Bass, Rock Bass, Shovelnose guitarfish (its a sharklike Ray) , Cabezon, White Croaker, Bonita, Mackeral , Corbina, Jack smelt , and White Seabass from the shore or rocks only using gulp sandworms and only in the past 16 months since i started surf fishing.   Don't know what it is about them but we call them "Perch Crack" out here.  If you want get a thing of "Hot sauce" fish attractant and that works great too.  dont need anything but those and your are good

[Felix77]

Thanks for the tips. I will be there next week. I will be sure to update you on results.

[tomustang]

I use mainly gulp, fleas/crabs/shrimp/bloodworms and the other is Fish Bites, it looks like chewing gum and doesn't last much when it gets wet so I stopped using it.

When you buy gulp make sure you bypass the containers and get pick up the individual packs. The containers will never reseal no matter what you do, I've even bought the Plano jars for them and they still leak, it better to get the bags and not leak as much juice

[S10rman88]

Gulp worked great for me catching flounder while I lived in Wilmington NC and works great on other species as well. If you get the tubs make sure to not remove the plastic seal and just cut a small slit in the middle. I've found it helps keep it from leaking but like tomustang said they usually leak regardless of what you do. When fishing with cut or live bait I usually just used a fishfinder rig with either a live mullet or chunks or strips of mullet, spot etc.